Running-gear



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, G. S. HEFFLON,

RUNNING GEAR.

No. 362,077. Patented May 3, 1887;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

. GEORGE S. HEFFLON, OF DEEP RIVER, CONNECTICUT.

RUNNING-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,077, dated May 3,1887.

Application filed February 21, 1887. Serial No. 228,384. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. HEFFLON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Deep River, in the county of Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRunningGear; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the'same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my improved axle forvehicles, showing the spring connected thereto and to the bolster, andFig. 2 a cross-section, on an enlarged scale, through the end of theaxle and means for connecting the ends of the spring thereto.

The present invention has relation to that class of axles for vehicleswith double arms, to form a space in which the spring may extend andfreely work, or, if preferred, drop toward a common center, so as togive a bearing at the extreme length of the axle instead of the wheel,thereby providing a superior construction of axle in which the springmay work in different positions, as will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

The object therefore of this invention is to improve the manner ofattaching the ends of the spring to the ends of the axle, whereby thespring will have a motion longitudinally or flat sided, as shown at c,for attaching thereto suitable clips, a, and to these clips are pivotedhangers b, for connecting thereto the ends of the spring B, as shown. Bythe employment of the hangers b, and pivoting them to the clips a, thespring is enabled to have a slight longitudinal movement to compensatefor the angle which the wagon would assume when going over rough roadsor side-hills.

I do not seek to claim, broadly, a spring sus pended from the axle bypivoted hangers, as I am aware that such is not new with me; neither doI claim an axle with double arms, between which the spring works, butlimit myself to my particular construction, attaching special importanceto the fact thatthe extensions of the arms CD are square-sided, and thatthe clips which support the hangers embrace these extensions and serveto more firmly bind them together, the rod 6, which serves as a pivotfor the hangers b, passing through the The combination, with the bolsterA and the axle formed of the arms 0 D, curved as shown, to leave a spacebetween them, and flattened at their united ends, of the clip a,embracing said flattened ends, the rod 0, connecting said clips beneaththe axle, the straight parallel hangers b, pendent from said clips andpivoted on the rod 6, the rod f, connecting the lower ends of saidhangers, and the leaf-spring B, secured to said bolster, with its endsbent around the rods f between said hangers, substantially as shown anddescribed, and for the .purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

. GEORGE sfnErFLoN.

Witnesses:

M. E. LYMAN, A. M. HEFFLON.

